Overview
- On July 6 the FBI and Justice Department issued a joint memo confirming Epstein’s suicide and rejecting a hidden client list claim.
- Dan Bongino threatened resignation after clashing with Pam Bondi over the decision not to release additional Epstein records.
- Kash Patel dismissed speculation about his departure and affirmed his commitment to continue serving under President Trump.
- Trump alleged that political rivals such as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton engineered the Epstein files as a plot to undermine his movement.
- He has since urged MAGA to focus on alleged voter fraud and corruption investigations instead of revisiting the Epstein case.